So many to choose from
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silmaril:
Write about Top Five Fictional Characters You'd Like to Punch in the Face.
1. Jaheira, Baldur's Gate I & II. Some enterprising soul once created a 'poly patch' for BGII that allowed you to pursue romances with Jaheira, Aerie, and Viconia all at once, which is pretty much my idea of hell, because none of those characters passed my first test: "Would this really be better than celibacy?"
Viconia is an evil priestess of a goddess of destruction, with (naturally enough) serious trust issues. Aerie is whiny, and basically a child. Jaheira goes from a shrew who belittles her husband at every opportunity to a widow to an insecure type who throws a fit if you detach her from the party even for a moment. (It's a damn good thing these games don't require you to go to the bathroom.) It was hard to pick the most annoying one, but I resolved it by remembering that neither of the others repeatedly attempted to have Deep And Meaningful Relationship Discussions with me while I was trying to sneak up on a dragon.
2. Lestat, for being an insufferable narcissistic git and turning an initially-interesting story into a bloated authorial love-in. Not to mention all the wannabes he inspired.
3. Anakin Skywalker. And while I'm at it, Amidala, for having atrocious taste in men.
4. Ayla, from Clan of the Cave Bear, for being the mother of all Mary Sues.
5. Cthulhu, for the bragging rights.
A dishonourable mention goes to Jubal Harshaw from Stranger in a Strange Land, on behalf of all Authorial Mouthpiece Characters in Heinlein's books.
silmaril: Write about Top Five Fictional Characters You'd Like to Punch in the Face.
1. Jaheira, Baldur's Gate I & II. Some enterprising soul once created a 'poly patch' for BGII that allowed you to pursue romances with Jaheira, Aerie, and Viconia all at once, which is pretty much my idea of hell, because none of those characters passed my first test: "Would this really be better than celibacy?"
Viconia is an evil priestess of a goddess of destruction, with (naturally enough) serious trust issues. Aerie is whiny, and basically a child. Jaheira goes from a shrew who belittles her husband at every opportunity to a widow to an insecure type who throws a fit if you detach her from the party even for a moment. (It's a damn good thing these games don't require you to go to the bathroom.) It was hard to pick the most annoying one, but I resolved it by remembering that neither of the others repeatedly attempted to have Deep And Meaningful Relationship Discussions with me while I was trying to sneak up on a dragon.
2. Lestat, for being an insufferable narcissistic git and turning an initially-interesting story into a bloated authorial love-in. Not to mention all the wannabes he inspired.
3. Anakin Skywalker. And while I'm at it, Amidala, for having atrocious taste in men.
4. Ayla, from Clan of the Cave Bear, for being the mother of all Mary Sues.
5. Cthulhu, for the bragging rights.
A dishonourable mention goes to Jubal Harshaw from Stranger in a Strange Land, on behalf of all Authorial Mouthpiece Characters in Heinlein's books.
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Date: 2006-06-24 01:55 am (UTC)My first reaction when I found his corpse early in BGII was "So he finally topped himself"...
Viconia, I think, would be less likely to hit back than to wait until you fell asleep nefore getting revenge.